Thursday, September 29, 2011

If you live within driving distance of Vonore TN

If anyone lives within driving distance of Vonore, TN, the family of a Marine killed last week has asked people to line highway 411 from Vonore to Madisonville on Saturday morning. His plane lands at 10 at McGee Tyson and the procession will along 411. They ask you wear red white blue and bring flags

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Cobra Athletic Club Meeting! TONIGHT

Reminder!!!!

The next meeting of the Cobra Athletic Club, the new Twiggs County High School Athletic Booster Club, will be held on TONIGHT at 6:30 pm, in the TCHS Cafeteria.

Please come out and support your Cobra Athletes by joining this organization.

At this meeting elections will be held for officers, as well as discussions about homecoming and fund raising efforts.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Forgive Student Loan Debt to stimulate the economy! Sign the petition!


WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Forgive Student Loan Debt to Stimulate the Economy and Usher in a New Era of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Prosperity
Forgiving student loan debt would provide an immediate jolt to the economy by putting hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of extra dollars into the hands of people who WILL spend it - not just once, but each and every month thereafter - freeing them up to invest, buy homes, start businesses and families. This past year, total student loan debt finally surpassed total credit card debt in America, and is on track to exceed $1 TRILLION within the next year. Student loans themselves are responsible for tuition rates that have soared by 439% since 1982 and for saddling entire generations of educated Americans with intractable levels of student loan debt from which there is, seemingly, no escape. Relieve them of this burden and the middle class WILL rebuild this economy from the bottom-up!


https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/forgive-student-loan-debt-stimulate-economy-and-usher-new-era-innovation-entrepreneurship-and/jHfPW9c9
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Friday, September 23, 2011

NASA Tweetup at NASA Headquarters October 13th

NASA invites followers to a special Tweetup with Sandy Magnus & Chris Ferguson at 4 p.m. EDT on Thurs., Oct. 13. The event will be in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington.

Registration for the event is open from 10 a.m. EDT, Thurs., Sept.
29, until 5 p.m. on Fri., Sept. 30. NASA randomly will select 150 participants from online registrants. For more NASA Tweetup information & to sign up, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/tweetup

Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus & Rex Walheim were the crew for the 13-day STS-135 mission. Atlantis launched July 8 & landed July 21, completing NASA's final space shuttle mission, after a journey of more than 5 million miles.

This Tweetup is an opportunity to meet with STS-135 crew members, the people behind NASA's Twitter account & other space-exploration-minded participants.



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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Operation Feed Our Families



Operation Homefront Georgia
Operation Feed Our Families
Where:
Brook Run Park - Tentative
Dunwoody, GA



When:
Tuesday November 15, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST
Add to my calendar
 
Atlanta Falcons

Feed The Children

Atlanta Falcons
 
Dear Friend of Operation Homefront Georgia, Inc.,

As we enter the season of giving thanks, Operation Homefront Georgia, Feed the Children and the Atlanta Falcons would like to give back to our metropolitan Atlanta military families.

Join us on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. if your military family would benefit from a box of non perishable food and a box of hygiene supplies. To register you must be a current service member or a DEERS enrolled spouse of a current service member ranked E1-E6.  Current service members include active duty service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard as well as current members of the Georgia National Guard, Georgia Air National Guard and Reserves (active or inactive is acceptable, however you must not be discharged, retired or otherwise separated from the military to qualify).

There will be no other dates scheduled for pick up and each family must pick up their box.  We cannot be responsible for persons picking up and distributing boxes for other families. 

The Atlanta Falcons Players and Cheerleaders will be on hand to say thank you and load your car for you.  Last year we were also joined by the one and only Freddie the Falcon who brightened a lot of faces with his silly antics.

If you received this invitation and you are not in need of this program but know of a military family in Georgia that would benefit and is able to drive to Atlanta on 11/15/11 to pick up a full box of food please forward this invitation to them.

All persons picking up food will be asked to present their military identification upon entrance.
Register Now!
I can't make it
You can print a ticket for a confirmation number and you will receive a confirmation email.  The location is being confirmed today and we will send out an additional email to all registrants.  There is no waiting list for this event.
 
Sincerely,
 
Operation Feed Our Families
Operation Homefront Georgia
georgia@operationhomefront.net
770-973-0014
This email was sent to scienceesl@yahoo.com by georgia@operationhomefront.net |  
Operation Homefront Georgia | P. O. Box 71224 | Marietta | GA | 30007-1224


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Help Wanted: Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office Holiday Kick Off Dinner

The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office group is looking for volunteers!

Who? YOU!

For?
1. Setting and Decorating Tables (volunteers that do this will receive one free ticket to the dinner).
2. Selling tickets to the dinner
3. Set up on November 2nd
4. Clean up after the dinner
4. Silent Auction Item donations
5. Door Prize item donations

If you can help in any way please come to our general meeting on Tuesday October 4th, 6pm, Sheriff's Office Annex.



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300,000 for student loan forgiveness



Subject: Want a Real Economic Stimulus and Jobs Plan? Forgive Student Loan Debt!
Hi,
I signed a petition to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate and President Barack Obama, which says:
"Forgiving the student loan debt of all Americans will have an immediate stimulative effect on our economy. With the stroke of the President's pen, millions of Americans would suddenly have hundreds, or in some cases, thousands of extra dollars in their pockets each and every month with which to spend on ailing sectors of the economy. As consumer spending increases, businesses will begin to hire, jobs will be created and a new era of innovation, entrepreneurship and prosperity will be ushered in for all. A rising tide does, in fact, lift all boats - forgiving student loan debt, rather than tax cuts for corporations, millionaires and billionaires, has a MUCH greater chance of helping to rise that tide in a MUCH shorter time-frame. The future economic success of this country is wholly dependent upon a well-educated, prosperous middle class. Instead of saddling entire generations with debt from which there is no escape, let's empower the American people to grow this economy on their own! Therefore, we, the undersigned, strongly encourage Congress and the President to support H. Res 365, introduced by Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-MI), seeking student loan forgiveness as a means of economic stimulus."
Will you sign this petition? Click here:
Thanks!



Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Cobra Athletic Club Meeting September 26th 6:30 pm

The next meeting of the Cobra Athletic Club, the new Twiggs County High School Athletic Booster Club, will be held on September 26th at 6:30 pm, in the TCHS Cafeteria.

Please come out and support your Cobra Athletes by joining this organization.

At this meeting elections will be held for officers, as well as discussions about homecoming and fund raising efforts.



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Main Event at Macon National Dragway September 23-24


The “MAIN EVENT” Sept 23-24, 2011
MACON NATIONAL DRAGWAY
Contact Cedric Wimberly at 478-737-3080

BLOWER PRO MODS - Nitrous Pro Mods if you DARE!!!
Free Entry - $12,000 purse based on 16 car field,
No Weight Limits, No Restrictions
Contact Stephen Johnson 256-626-0839

TRUE 10.5
Free Entry - $4,000 purse based on 16 car field,
No Weight Limits, No Restrictions,
Contact Stephen Johnson 256-626-0839

OUTLAW STOCK SUSPENSION
Free Entry - $4,000 purse based on 12 car field,
Stock Suspension, 28x10.5 , 275 Radial, Coil Over o.k., mini tubes o.k.,
Any Power adder - No ladders bars, No 4 link, No wheelie bars
Contact Stephen Johnson 256-626-0839 or Mick 478-972-3281

SMALL BLOCK STOCK SUSPENSION
Free Entry - $3,000 purse based on 8 car field,
Stock Suspension, 28x10.5 , 275 Radial, Coil Over o.k., mini tubes o.k.,
Nitrous Only - No ladders bars, No 4 link, No wheelie bars
Contact Stephen Johnson 256-626-0839 or Mick 478-972-3281

LOCKED IN GRUDGES RACES (GRUDGES RACES THRU OUT THE EVENT)

Tony Bynes Vs "katrina Truck" of W.T. Keys

Bobby Childs Vs Dolemite and Maurice

Butt Naked Vs Mitchell Boyz

Mandrell "shut-up n race" Vs Jr Childs (Fox Body Vs G Body)

James Buckholt Vs Bullards Racing

On Deck, looking for action

David Floyd, D. J. Grant, Mississippi Joe, Sandman and more




FRIDAY - Sept 23

1st Round Qualifying
Gates Open @ 9 am (parking)
Test & Tune 6 pm until
Qualifying @ 8 pm
Spectator admission $20.00 SINGLE DAY, $30.00 WEEKEND PASS


PRO MODS (free class entry)
Free Gate entry for Driver and 2 crew member (driver and crew must be together)

True 10.5 (free class entry)
Admission $20.00 SINGLE DAY, $30.00 WEEKEND PASS

Outlaw Stock Suspension (free class entry)
Admission $20.00 SINGLE DAY, $30.00 WEEKEND PASS

Small Block Stock Suspension (free class entry)
Admission $20.00 SINGLE DAY, $30.00 WEEKEND PASS



SATURDAY Sept 24

Gates open @ 8 am
Qualifying @11am & 2pm
2nd Round Eliminations Start @ 5pm
Spectator admission $20.00 SINGLE DAY, $30.00 WEEKEND PASS

PRO MODS (free class entry)
Free Gate entry for Driver and 2 crew member (driver and crew must be together)

True 10.5 (free class entry)
admission $20.00 SINGLE DAY, $30.00 WEEKEND PASS

Outlaw Stock Suspension (free class entry)
admission $20.00 SINGLE DAY, $30.00 WEEKEND PASS

Small Block Stock Suspension (free class entry)
admission $20.00 SINGLE DAY, $30.00 WEEKEND PASS

SUNDAY

GRUDGE RACER - FREE TECH CARD (Car and Driver)

TEST N TUNE - FREE TECH CARD (Car)
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Thanks @13Wmaz for having me on today as the contributor of the week. :-)
Patty

DJ's first soccer game

DJ is playing soccer in the Dublin/Laurens County Rec league. He is loving it. Here are just a couple of pictures from the team's third game, which was DJ's first game due to him being sick for the first two.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

A journey called LIFE



 
 
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall
 to see the farmer and his wife open a package.  
"What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered.
He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
 

Retreating to the farmyard, 
the mouse proclaimed this warning :
 
 
"There is a mousetrap in the house!  
There is a mousetrap in the house!"
 

The chicken clucked and scratched, 
raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, 
I can tell this is a grave concern to you, 
but it is of no consequence to me.  
I cannot be bothered by it."
 

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, 
"There is a mousetrap in the house!  
There is a mousetrap in the house!"
 The pig sympathized, but said, 
"I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, 
but there is nothing I can do about it 
but pray.. 
Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said, 
"There is a mousetrap in the house!
 
There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, 
but it's no skin off my nose."
 

 
So, the mouse returned to the house, 
head down and dejected, 
to face the farmer's mousetrap 
Alone..
 .. . 

  
That very night 
a sound was heard throughout the house
 
-- the sound Of a mousetrap catching its prey. 

  
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.  
In the darkness, she did not see it.  
It was a venomous snake 
whose tail was caught in the trap.
 

 
The snake bit the farmer's wife. 

The farmer rushed her to the hospital.    

When she returned home she still had a fever.
 
Everyone knows you treat a fever 
with fresh chicken soup.
 
So the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard 
for the soup's main ingredient:
 

But his wife's sickness continued.  
Friends and neighbors 
came to sit
  with her 
around the clock.
  
 
To feed them, 
the farmer butchered the pig.
 
                  
But, alas, 
the farmer's wife did not get well... 

She died. 
                   

So many people came for her funeral 
that the farmer had the cow slaughtered 
to provide enough meat for all of them
 
for the funeral luncheon. 

 
And the mouse looked upon it all 
from his crack in the wall 
with great sadness.
 
  
So, the next time you hear 
someone is facing a problem 
and you think it doesn't concern you, 
remember ---
 

When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
 
We are all involved in this journey called life. 
We must make an extra effort 
to encourage one another.
 
                   
YOU MAY WANT TO SEND THIS 
TO EVERYONE WHO
 HAS EVER 
HELPED YOU OUT...  
           
AND LET THEM KNOW 
HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
 

 
- REMEMBER - 
 
EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD 
IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY.
 

 
OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER 
FOR A REASON. 
             

One of the best things to hold onto
 
In this world is a FRIEND. 


Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff Office BUNCO night

Saturday night we had a great time at the Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office group BUNCO night! There were snacks and prizes to be had, and lots of laughter! We hope to make this a semi-annual night in the months and years to come!

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Our next  meeting will be October 4th at 6 p.m. at the Sheriff's Office in Jeffersonville.

Our next event with be our Holiday Kick Off dinner on November 3rd at Mount Zion Church on HWY 358 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 each. We are looking for volunteers to set and decorate tables (one ticket for the table will be free), table sponsors ($40), door prized and silent auction donors. If you can help in any of these endeavors please let us know!
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Reminder the Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office Bunco Night is tonight at 7! $5 per person at the O A C on Bullard Road.
Patty

Reminder! BUNCO tonight!

7 p.m
OAC on Bullard Road
$5 per person

Please come out and join us for a night of good clean fun!


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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Welcome home Ron Garan and the ISS Expedition 27 Crew

DJ is very distressed that he can not watch  's return to Earth on TV tonight. I told him that  will probably have it on net. But he made me tweet  to ask her, because he only believes mommy's  friends.


So from DJ and myself, WELCOME HOME @Astro_Ron! 

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Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office BUNCO NIGHT

The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is sponsoring a BUNCO Night on September 17th at 7 p.m.

Where: OAC Bullard Road Jeffersonville GA
Cost: $5 per person

Details: Strictly speaking, Bunco is a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each round. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two.
Players score points by rolling three dice and trying to match the number they're supposed to roll for that round. They get a point for each die that rolls the number, and if all three roll the number they score 21 points. They also score 5 points for rolling three of a kind of any other number. They get to keep rolling as long as they score one or more points with each roll. Once they fail to score they pass the dice to their left and the opposing team gets a chance to score.
During each round the teams at the Head Table try to score 21 points. The first team to score 21 points wins the round and play stops. At all other tables play stops when the Head Table play stops and the team with the highest score at each lower table wins the round.
At the end of the round players change seats, the winners at each of the lower tables move up a table, and the losers at the head table move to the lowest table. Players also switch partners at the end of the round, so you never play with the same partner twice in a row.
During play, players track the number of rounds they win and lose as a team, and the number of Buncos scored individually, on their personal scorecard. At the end of the night wins/losses and Buncos are tallied and prizes awarded.




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Don't forget about bunko night



Don't forget about Bunko Night!!!!!!!!
 
The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office will be having a Bunko tournament on Sept. 17th 7:00 pm at the Senior Center located on Bullard Road inside the city limits of Jeffersonville.Tickets are $5.00 and there will be a prize for the high score of the night.
Bunco is a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each round. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two.
At the end of the round players change seats, the winners at each of the lower tables move up a table, and the losers at the head table move to the lowest table. Players also switch partners at the end of the round, so you never play with the same partner twice in a row.
During play, players track the number of rounds they win and lose as a team, and the number of Buncos scored individually, on their personal scorecard. At the end of the night wins/losses and Buncos are tallied and prizes awarded.
This game really allows you to make new friends and get to know others from all over the community.So come out and have a great night and make some new friends. Drinks and refreshments will be served.
All donations will go towards purchasing much needed equipment for the Sheriff's Office.Any Questions please call Major Jamie McDaniel at 478-945-3357 ext. 106


Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Free 6 Flags for Military Members this weekend!


Six Flags is holding two military appreciation weekends this month,
September 17-18 and 24-25. They are offering complimentary admission for
military members and up to three dependants. This is also extended to
deployed members spouses and up to three dependants. Must present a current
military identification card.  Check out the following site for more
information.

Six Flags Military Appreciation Day
<http://www.sixflags.com/overGeorgia/events/militaryAppreciation.aspx

Jeffersonville Elementary School Open House, Parent involvement meeting and PTO Meeting

All parents of Jeffersonville Elementary School students and other community members are invited; September 15th:
Open House 4-6 pm
Parent Involvement meeting 5:30-6:00 pm
PTO 6:00 pm




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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

I Heart Faces~Back To School

Back to school for us was almost 6 weeks ago, but back to school for me means, not only back to the classroom, but back to the sports field. So once again I am thinking outside of the box, of the cute apple and cute kids for this theme, and I am going with sports. This week's picture features Jeremy Robinson, one of our outstanding athletes from the high school. Enjoy!

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Please go to I Heart Faces and check out all of the entries for this week!
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Cobra Athletic Club

Just got home from the Cobra Athletic Club meeting! The new Twiggs County High School Sports Booster Club! 


If you are a parent of a student at TCHS please put September 26th at 6:30 pm on your calendar and plan to come to the next meeting! Nat Cleveland does not play sports, but I was there, and will be there! I expect my fellow parents to do the same! Support our schools, support our kids!

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Twiggs county athletic booster club meeting tuesday at 630 at the high school cafeteria
Patty

Bunko night and raffle winner



Congradulations to Jeff Stone of Jeffersonville, he is the winner of the September 8th raffle.  The Friends of raised $1,760.00.
The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office will be having a Bunko tournament on Sept. 17th 7:00 pm at the Senior Center located on Bullard Road inside the city limits of Jeffersonville.  Tickets are $5.00 and there will be a prize for the high score of the night.
Bunco is a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each round. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two.
At the end of the round players change seats, the winners at each of the lower tables move up a table, and the losers at the head table move to the lowest table. Players also switch partners at the end of the round, so you never play with the same partner twice in a row.
During play, players track the number of rounds they win and lose as a team, and the number of Buncos scored individually, on their personal scorecard. At the end of the night wins/losses and Buncos are tallied and prizes awarded.
This game really allows you to make new friends and get to know others from all over the community.  So come out and have a great night and make some new friends. Drinks and refreshments will be served.
All donations will go towards purchasing much needed equipment for the Sheriff's Office.  Any Questions please call Major Jamie McDaniel at 478-945-3357 ext. 106
 


Sunday, September 11, 2011

Smiles for Mommy/Mommy and Me

So I found a new Monday mania blog treat that I have decided to participate in this week. I figure that I have been slacking lately so I need something to get me posting a bit more. Over at http://www.reallyareyouserious.com/2011/09/smiles-for-mommy-mommy-and-me-monday-the-82nd-edition.html It’s time again for Mommy and Me Monday. Pop out from behind that camera and capture yourself in action with your kids.


So here is my picture for the week. It is of DJ and I last Saturday in Atlanta for the races. :-) A big thank you to the National Guard group for being out there taking pictures, and a big thank you to them for protecting our freedom! my_photo

Make sure you head on over and look at everyone's entries!



Mommy and Me Monday at Really, Are You Serious?
Hosted by Krystyn at Really, Are You Serious?


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It's a good Sunday when you read this on the sports pages: "moving into the rankings this week was No. 22 Arizona State, which beat Missouri 37-30 in overtime on Friday."




Go Sun Devils!!! 


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Remembering 9-11-01

I am reposting this from a few years ago, five to be precise. WOW where has the time gone?



Last year a friend asked all of us to share what we remembered about 9-11 and how it had changed our lives in the 5 years since. Here is what I wrote 1 year ago tomorrow:
September 11, 2001, well I think I can really say that it is a day that changed our lives forever. But not in the way that someone who lost a loved one that day can say it. Our lives, my life being with the military was totally altered in a matter of a couple of hours. We went from having a fairly carefree existance to an unknown future. 5 years and 2 days ago there was no real "threat" really of losing Jerry or any of our friends to a war, and 5 years ago today that changed dramatically.

I was sitting in my classroom grading papers. It was about 230 almost 3 in the afternoon in the UK. Jerry came in my classroom and said a plane just hit the pentagon, we have got to get out of here and get the girls NOW. I didn't believe him, and he had me go to CNN.com and that was when I saw it for myself. School was just getting out for the day, so he and I ran up to the office and told the principal and office staff (about that time they were getting a phone call from the base personel, ordering him to send all staff home with orders to stay at home until further notice). Our principal went on the intercom and announced what was going on and that we all needed to get home and wait for further information, and to pray for the families and victims.
Jerry and I left my school, went to the base video store to get a top up card for my cell phone, and the base went from threatcon bravo to charlie. The girls both went to after school care on Mildenhall, about 5 miles away and by the time we drove over to Mildenhall we had gone to Threatcon Delta (basically you had to have orders in your hand to get onto the base, or to get the kids the police had a list of all of the parents and had to check our ids.) Getting to our house was just as tough, and there were police with M-16s patroling base housing, and granade launchers at the gates, and other big big guns watching every move you made, every car was searched with dogs, and mirrors and everything else. When we got home all we could do was sit and watch everything unfold on the TV (mind you the first three planes had already hit before I left work.) I remember sitting on my couch crying, and praying.

That night I got a phone call saying that schools would be closed until further notice, as only mission essential personal would go in to the base. Jerry had to go in the next day (you know those planes had to be ready to fly, not that they did that I remember but they had to be ready.) The base commander had messages on the TV channels saying to stay indoors as much as possible and everything on base was closed. The commisarry did not reopen until the 14th for a couple of hours (good thing as everyone was out of everything by then).

Teachers went back to school on the 13th (but boy oh boy was the base commander pissed about that.) The girls and I had to walk over to school and the gate guard was like what the hell do you think you are doing? My answer "Well I guess that the superintendent thinks that teachers are mission essential personel since I just got a call to go into work." The gate guard searched my purse, the girls bags, and everything else (and remember we walked from housing onto the main part of base, it wasn't like we had come from truely off base.)

Life on base changed a lot. We went from being able to drive on and off base with whoever in the car as you pleased to everyone coming on and off base having to have either a pass or an id. There was a main British road that went between base housing and the main section of the base that they closed off to only base access, which pissed a bunch of the Brits off. We went from being carefree about traveling down to London or to Brimingham or to Oxford, or to Cambridge to having to stop and think about every trip that we made, and where in those cities we were going to be going to.

Since 9-11 I have lost people that I knew because of the war that was started due to that day (Pat Tillman from Arizona State is just one of them.) I have friends that are "playing" in the big sandbox as I type this, and I pray for their safety every day. I have friends that have been hurt in the sandbox and were lucky to make it home, and I have friends that never made it home from thier trip to the sandbox.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

A reminder about a moment of silence

Next time you are asked to bow your heads in a moment of silence, I hope you remember this song.

Twiggs County Vs Weslyn 9-9-11

Game day in photos, all of the pictures from the game are at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150293150820825.329307.189079930824&type=1 and http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150293097965825.329303.189079930824&type=1 please feel free to like the page and tag the pictures of anyone you know. IMG_0873 IMG_0875 IMG_0881 IMG_0882 IMG_0892 IMG_0903 IMG_0907 IMG_0924 IMG_0930 IMG_0937 IMG_0958 IMG_0969 IMG_0975 IMG_0976 IMG_0987 IMG_0990 IMG_1001 IMG_1024 IMG_1048 IMG_1054 IMG_1068 IMG_1073 IMG_1083 IMG_1091 IMG_1094 IMG_1095 IMG_1097 IMG_1110 IMG_1120 IMG_1121 IMG_1123 IMG_1133 I want to say that I have faith that the Cobras can turn this season around. They need to remember that Shaq and J. Rob can not carry the entire game though and the rest of them need to step it up! Shaq and Jeremy can not do their jobs if they are flat on their backs because someone missed a block. Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/scienceesl